Of Teachers & Tests
From Page to Screen
Song Sung Blue
Complete the Brit Phrase
Potpourri
100

I can read you like this 2-word term for an exam in which students are allowed to consult notes & texts

An Open Book

100

Harrison Ford plays John Thornton, rescuer of sled dog Buck, in the 2020 adaptation of this Jack London novel

The Call of the Wild

100

In 1986 she had a Top 10 hit with the title track to her "True Blue" album

Madonna

100

If you're all set, this guy is "your uncle"--perhaps Mr. Ross or Mr. Saget

Bob

100

Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America was the world's first inverted, outside-looping one of these rides

Roller Coaster

200

Doctoral students write dissertations; a master's degree usually requires one of these, from the Greek for "proposition"

A Thesis

200

Meryl Streep brought to life Miranda Priestly, magazine editor & the boss from hell, in this movie based on a bestseller

The Devil Wears Prada

200

Isabella Rossellini sings this song in the 1986 David Lynch film of the same name

Blue Velvet

200

"I'll put" this kitchen item on, perhaps for some Earl Grey

The Kettle

200

At the Grammys from the Staples Center in 2020, Alicia Keys said, "We are... heartbroken in The House That" this Laker "Built"

Kobe Bryant

300

We'll gamble you know that this word for an exam supervisor once meant a Roman governor

A Proctor

300

When "One Shot" by Lee Child came to the big screen, it was named this, after the main character

Jack Reacher

300

That Dishwalla song from the '90s that says, "Tell me all your thoughts on god" is actually titled "Counting Blue" these

Cars

300

"One man's meat is another man's" this, like a fumigant

Poison

300

This tiny 4-letter green plant covers forest floors; what's called this on the north side of trees is often actually algae

Moss

400

An experienced teacher who helps guide a new teacher; also, the name of a guide in the "Odyssey"

A Mentor

400

Michael B. Jordan played lawyer Bryan Stevenson & he was wrongly convicted death row inmate Walter McMillian in 2019's "Just Mercy"

Jaime Foxx

400

In a 1984 top 10 hit, he "Just met a girl named Blue Jean"

David Bowie

400

William Congreve wrote, do this "in haste, repent at leisure"

Marry

400

The female of this animal named for an Australian island gives birth to 20-40 joeys but only 4 survive

Tasmanian Devil

500

This synonym of proficiency describes a type of learning that allows students to progress at the rate at which they master skills

Competency

500

Just like the second book about this British diarist, the second film about her was subtitled "The Edge of Reason"

Bridget Jones

500

E.L.O. asked this title guy, "Tell us why you had to hide away for so long... where did we go wrong?"

Mr. Blue Sky

500

This fruit "-shaped" means things have gone very, very wrong

Pear-Shaped

500

President Carter's executive orders 12127 & 12148 set up this agency that's ready for disaster

FEMA

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